Japan
71 authors
Kōbō Abe
Japanese· 1924–1993
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese· 1892–1927
Nanae Aoyama
Japanese· b. 1983
Taku Ashibe
Japanese· b. 1958
Yukito Ayatsuji
Japanese· b. 1960
Tetsuya Ayukawa
Japanese· 1919–2002
Matsuo Bashō
Early Modern Japanese· 1644–1694
Minoru Betsuyaku
Japanese· 1937–2020
Kamo no Chōmei
Classical Japanese· 1153/1155–1216
Osamu Dazai
Japanese· 1909–1948
Shūsaku Endō
Japanese· 1923–1996
Taiyo Fujii
Japanese· b. 1971
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese· 1886–1942
Fumiko Hayashi
Japanese· 1903–1951
Shinichi Hoshi
Japanese· 1926–1997
Saou Ichikawa
Japanese· b. 1979
Rokuro Inui
Japanese· b. 1971
Junji Ito
Japanese· b. 1963
Kan'ami Kiyotsugu
Classical Japanese· 1333–1384
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese· 1899–1972
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese· b. 1976
Hiromi Kawakami
Japanese· b. 1958
Kenkō
Classical Japanese· 1283–1350
Yukio Mishima
Japanese· 1925–1970
Ryu Mitsuse
Japanese· 1928–1999
Zeami Motokiyo
Classical Japanese· c. 1363 - c. 1443
Kanze Motomasa
Classical Japanese· c. 1394–1432
Haruki Murakami
Japanese· b. 1949
Ryū Murakami
Japanese· b. 1952
Murasaki Shikibu
Classical Japanese· 973–1020
Sayaka Murata
Japanese· b. 1979
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese· c. 1583 - 1645
Tsutomu Nihei
Japanese· b. 1971
Aya Nishitani
Japanese· b. 1955
Yasuhiko Nishizawa
Japanese· 1960–2025
Kanze Nobumitsu
Classical Japanese· b. 1435
Akiyuki Nosaka
Japanese· 1930–2015
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese· 1935–2023
Yōko Ogawa
Japanese· b. 1962
Fuyumi Ono
Japanese· b. 1960
Katsuhiro Otomo
Japanese· b. 1954
Hiroko Oyamada
Japanese· born 1983
Chika Sagawa
Japanese· 1911–1936
Ihara Saikaku
Japanese· 1642–1693
Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Japanese· b. 1970
Lady Sarashina (Takasue's daughter)
Japanese· c. 1008–c. 1058
Naoya Shiga
Japanese· 1883–1971
Soji Shimada
Japanese· b. 1948
Kensaku Shimaki
Japanese· 1903–1945
Kazuko Shiraishi
Japanese· 1931–2024
Ozaki Shiro
Japanese· 1898–1964
Sei Shōnagon
Classical Japanese· 966–1015
Kenji Siratori
Japanese, English· b. 1975
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese· 1867–1916
Akimitsu Takagi
Japanese· 1920–1995
Shūzō Takiguchi
Japanese· 1903–1979
Yoko Tawada
Japanese, German· b. 1960
Masako Togawa
Japanese· 1931–2016
Mizuki Tsujimura
Japanese· b. 1980
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Japanese· b. 1934
Tow Ubukata
Japanese· b. 1977
Uketsu
Japanese· c. 1990
Emi Yagi
Japanese· b. 1988
Satoshi Yagisawa
Japanese· b. 1977
Futaro Yamada
Japanese· 1922–2001
Masakazu Yamazaki
Japanese· 1934–2020
Seiichi Yashiro
Japanese· 1927–1998
Seishi Yokomizo
Japanese· 1902–1981
Eiji Yoshikawa
Japanese· 1892–1962
Haruo Yuki
Japanese· b. 1993
Asako Yuzuki
Japanese· b. 1981